For three or four weeks after the birth of the child is more or less day and night sleep, waking up only to the demands of hunger, increases the end of that time, however, each interval of insomnia longer, so it sleeps less frequently but for a longer period at a time. 

This scheme in the first week of life the child must not be disturbed sleep, but the deadline has expired, great care is necessary for a regularity in its hours of sleep, otherwise too much will be taken in the days and restless and disturbed nights will follow. The child should be placed in the habit of sleeping in the middle of the day for his dinner, and about two hours, more or less. As to rest at a later period of the day, it will inevitably lead to a bad night. 

Initially, the child sleeping with his parents. The low body temperature and low power consumption, heat, make it necessary. If it should happen, however, that the child has disturbed and sleepless nights, it should be removed immediately to bed and care of other women, to his mother at an early hour in the morning, in order to be maintained. This is necessary for maintaining the health of the mother, the sleepless nights, of course, soon disrupted, and the child would also influence a decrease in milk health has suffered. 

If one month or six weeks has elapsed, the child can only be good if sleeping in a crib or cot, ensuring that sufficient clothing, the space where it is stored, is warm enough, ie. 60 degrees, and the position of the bed itself is not exposed to drafts. It is necessary, in essence, this points to visit, as the assets of the production of heat, and therefore the power of the temperature, the less sleep than at any other time, and so cold is particularly harmful. It is often the case that inflammation of some internal organ will occur under such conditions, without suspected the true source of the disease ever. However, this is a common mistake to be guarded, that the coverup of the baby in its cot with too many clothes to throw on his face the muslin handkerchief and, together, the last, drawing the drapery of the bed to the foot . The task, the child must be sufficiently warm with pure air, so must have free access to its mouth, and the atmosphere of the entire room be kept sufficiently warm for the child to breathe freely: in winter, so it should always fire in the nursery. 

The child under two years old at least sleep on a feather bed, for the reasons of the above. The cushion, but after six months should be made of horsehair, starting at this time teething, and it is very important that it should be kept cool. 

authorization to the third or fourth year of the child to sleep for one hour or so before dinner. After this time can be gradually withdrawn, but it should be noted that throughout the period of childhood more sleep than adults required. The child each night 7:00-8: 00 remaining, and when it is in health care to sleep until morning. No particular rule may be allowed in respect of the number of hours sleep will be added, because you more or less than another.Regularity than the rest of the time to go to the most important thing to do is to be used, not to interfere possible making, and even then let the baby sleep undisturbed, until he wakes up by itself the next morning, and it will have sufficient rest. 

The amount of sleep needed to maintain health depends on the condition of the body, and the habits of individuals. Infants much done most of their time asleep. Children sleep twelve or fourteen hours. The students usually ten. In youth, one third of the 24 hours spent in sleep. While advanced age, many do not know spend more than four, five or six hours sleep. 

It is a cruel thing for a mother to the health of her child, she can enjoy her own vanity, and yet how often this happens in relation to sacrifice sleep. A party must be mounted, and the little child to rest hours at the specified time for retirement, which is issued, be petted and admired and preserved. His usual dose of sleep is reduced, and the previous excitement, what he gets to be broken and cool, and it rises in the morning tired and exhausted. 

Once awake, it should not be allowed to stay in bed, but should be encouraged to arise immediately. This is the way to the habit of early rising, which prevents many serious illnesses, the parents are not enough to be alive, promotes both mental and physical health, and is used by all customs said that the most conducive to longevity. 

A child should never be suddenly aroused from sleep, it stimulates the brains, the heart speeds up, and if repeated, would result in serious consequences. The change of sleep-wake should be available in phases. 

The bed, the sleeping child now has a mattress: at this age a feather bed is always harmful for children, the body sinks deep into the bed, completely covered with feathers, and the unnatural degree of warmth produced so relaxed and weakened the system, especially the skin and makes the child unusually susceptible to the impressions of cold. Then, instead of the bed until morning, then made deleted but still saturated with the nocturnal exhalations from the body, the bedding was thrown over the backs of chairs, the mattress shaken well and the windows open to throw a few hours so that the home must be thoroughly ventilated. It is imperative not to allow the child to sleep with persons in poor health or who are well advanced in life, if possible, to sleep alone.